Skills

Leadership Python Research Machine Learning Marketing GCP Data Science Spark Databricks

Job Specifications

Head of Data Science

Salary: £110K - £120K + bonus

Location: Manchester 2-4 days a month

The Opportunity

We're working with a high-growth business that is scaling its data function to the next level. Data scientists here have traditionally combined reporting with predictive modelling, but the business is now creating a dedicated leadership role to bring focus, structure and engineering rigour to the discipline.

As Head of Data Science, you'll lead a growing team of 6+ scientists embedded across product and functional teams, while also setting the technical direction and ensuring alignment with company-wide OKRs. You'll drive the transition towards machine learning engineering, championing end-to-end model ownership from research through to deployment in production. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the data science strategy, support the career growth of talented scientists, and deliver measurable impact in areas such as search, pricing, personalisation, vouchers, marketing, operations and finance.

Skills and Experience

Proven leadership experience in data science or machine learning, ideally within product-led or consumer-facing organisations
Strong background in building and deploying ML models at scale in production environments
Ability to structure and lead embedded data science teams, partnering effectively with senior stakeholders across multiple domains
Hands-on technical expertise with tools such as Databricks, Python, Spark, and GCP/BigQuery
Engineering mindset, with experience moving teams toward machine learning engineering best practice
Credibility to lead long-tenured individual contributors while providing direction, mentorship and career development

If you are looking for a new challenge, then please submit your CV for initial screening and more details.

Head of Data Science

Desired Skills and Experience

Leadership|Data Science|Machine Learning

About the Company

Data Idols work with the UK's leading data focused tech companies, we help organisations apply Data Engineering and Data Science techniques to improve the delivery of data projects, through consulting, recruitment, training and events. We believe strongly that the data world is changed, you now need to have an awareness of multiple different technologies and platforms. One platform doesn't fit all and increasingly companies we work with are implementing different technologies dependent on very specific project requirements. Know more